The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-04-30
IN THE LABOR WORLD.
Specially Compiled for the TOllers by an Ad-
vocate Man.

-Business enterprises on the co-opera.
tion basis are being established In many
towns In, Pennsylvania. So
The late report Of the General Secret
ery of the Knights Of Labor shows ], 300, 900
members in good standing. .5ii
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cd. II you have anything Of interest to the
toilers send 1t to Labor Editor" care Of
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General Master Workman Powlerly
has severely denounced socialism and an
archism. All true Knights should bear
this fact In mind and root out the corrupt
ing element wherever 1t makes Its appear
ance.
-Allison's iron works at Port Carbon
have received the contract to furnish the
complete motive power for cable railway
at st. Paul, Minn.. The order includes a
pair of slx-hundred horsepower engines,
drum, winding machinery, &C..
Buck Mountain colliery employees are
out on strike. A new superintendent is
sued new scale of wages, which the men
refuse to accept. Thereis is too much diff
ference between 80 and 110 cents per car,
and 81 and IS for chutes and props.
The widespread dissatisfaction and
feeling of uneasiness among the miners of
the Anthracite region at present conditions
of their labor, is expressing itself on all
sides. i, A general demand will be made on
Monday for AN increase of ten per cent, in
wages, and if not granted within rcasona-
BILE time a strike throughout the entire coal
region will result.
The Pope has decided the question of
the Knights of Labor in favvr. of that
organization. This decision will stand so
long as the present method pursued in
furthering their aims prevails. The docu-
ment of Cardinal Gibbon has been indorsed.
The Pope further decides that In Canada,
where a mandament has been issued against
the knights. the members of the order will
receive absolution on promise of obedience
to further decisions of the Holy Sea. If
the Knights identify themselves with
theories now being disseminated by certain
a5itators, this decision IN their favor will be
revoked. e.
AT the Baldwin locomotive works they
are doing the largest business ever done.
The Baldwins expect to turn out two-hund-
red locomotives during the first four months
of the year, and would have done a little
better but for the unavoidable delays in one
of their departments. They report the out
look as being very good, although with no
more indications of more than legitimate
demand. The Missouri Pacific have taken
one-hundred and ten locomotives within
year, all of one pattern. The Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe, the Norfolk and
Western, Louisville and Nashville, Jersey
Central and the California roads have also
been large buyers and have kept three humid
red men steadily at work, often overtime
for more than year past. Other builders
aloA l.Y,ax